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Thailand's Noppon Saengkham caused the biggest upset of the World Championship so far by beating 2005 winner Shaun Murphy 10-4 in the first round.
World number 42 Saengkham led 6-3 overnight and won the first two frames on Tuesday before Murphy responded.
Murphy, the 10th seed, missed superb chances to win the next two frames and Saengkham capitalised on his mistakes.
The 28-year-old knocked in breaks of 60 and 76 to record his maiden victory at the Crucible in his second appearance.
He will face either Mark Selby or Jordan Brown in round two.
On the other table, Mark Allen made breaks of 136 and 105 in the first two frames before Crucible debutant Jamie Clarke responded with a quality century of his own.
Watch Allen v Clarke live coverageFull tournament schedule and resultsBBC coverage times and channels'Worst two days of my snooker years'
Murphy said his performance had not been affected by the sudden death of his former manager and mentor Brandon Parker, whose funeral he attended in Portugal last month.
Murphy told BBC Sport: "I was very much below par across the whole match - probably the worst two days of my snooker years came together at the worst possible time.
"My form has been good this season with two titles and other finals, so this was a shock to me.
"And I can say that the build-up to the tournament had no impact. I came here wanting to honour Brandon Parker's memory.
"You dream of winning the title and dedicating it to him and things like that. But I would never dishonour him by saying that has caused me a problem."
Saengkham estimated up to one million people will have watched the match in a country whose appetite for snooker owes much to former world number three and two-time Crucible semi-finalist James Wattana.
"James taught me everything - how to come here and speak the language," said Saengkham. "He taught me how to get through because for an Asian player to come to the UK is difficult.
"I felt a lot of pressure but I just tried to concentrate on the table and not think about all those people watching me.
"For the last three or four days I have turned my phone off and not done anything on the internet. If I turn my phone back on it will be too much pressure with all the messages."
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